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　　Hello, I am Sue Montgomery with the BBC news.

　　The United Nation's special envoy for Syria Staffande Mistura has called for the ceasefire in Syria to berevitalized, before new peace talks in Geneva can beheld. He urged the US and Russia to launch anurgent initiative at highest level so the talks could be relaunched in May. Mr Dermisdura saidthe ceasefire in Syria agreed in Feburary was in danger of collapse, In the last 40 hours, wehad an average of one Syrian killed every 25 minutes, one Syrian wounded every 13 minutes.Reports from the Syrian city of Alepo say at least 16 civilians have been killed in strikes in ahospital and nearby buildings by government forces. Civil defense volunteers told the Frenchnews agency those who died include children and the only paediatrician in rebel held areas inAlepo.

　　The Taxes senator Ted Cruz who’s competing for the Republican US presidential nominationhas named Carly Fiorina as his running mate, she is a former chief executive of the technologycooperation Huler Parkard and was also a presidential contender before withdrawing inFeburary. Mr Cruz's announcement is seen as aimed at weakening the momentum of theRepublican front-runner Donald Trump. Mrs Fiorina told supporters she and Mr Cruz could winthe Republican nomination. I've had tough fights all my life. Tough fights don't worry me a bit,What matters is the fight worth having. And this is a fight worth having. This is a fight worthwinning. And with your help, we will win this fight!

　　Profits of Facebook have tripled in the first quarter of 2016 compared with a year ago, rising to1.5 billion dollars, the munber of people using the social network continue to grow. David Leereports from San Francisco.

　　It's been a deflating couple of weeks for Silicon Valley, with Apple, Google and Twitter all failingto impress investors with their earnings, but not so Facebook, Once again, the social networkhas managed to grow both its user base and its revenues, 97% of its earnings came viaadvertising, the majority of that for mobile users. Investors are excited about the potential ofnewer project such as Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Internet access to the developingworld. Facebook also announced its new share structure which to allow funder Mark Zukerburgto give away his stock while still retaining control of the company.

　　Japan's stock markets have tumbled after the central bank decided against new measures toboost the economy. The Nikkei average end the day almost four percent down. A freshstimulate has been expected to help tackle the weakening inflation and highsoaringspending. But the Bank of Japan voted to take no action, spooking investors as well astriggering an unwelcome rise in the value of yen against the dollar.

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　　The appeals trial is beginning in Italy of the skipper held responsible for the Cast Concordiacruises ship disaster in 2012, in which 32 people were killed. Franchesco Scutino was sentencedto 16 years in prison last year. He has not began the sentence yet, turn to seeking to overturnhis manslaughter conviction.

　　Reports from western Russia say the sister of a jailed Ukrainian helicopter pilot NadiaSavchenko has been prevented from returning to Ukraine. The sister's lawyer says that afterbeing blocked by Russian border guards, she’s now in the Ukrainian consulate in the Russiancity of Rusto Fondon, it's unclear why she is not been allowed to leave Russia.

　　A study in Britain said smokers should be encouraged to quit by switching to e-cigarettes, theRoyal College of Physition says concerns about the safety of e-cigarettes should be laid to rest.Here is Aton Bremelo.

　　The growing popularity of e-cigarette has prompted debate about their safety and potentialto help people quit tobacco smoking and the risk they may encourage some people to take itup. The Royal College of Physicians concludes that impact so far has been very positive.They’ve helped many thousands of people to quit and the switch from tobacco smoking is adramatic stepping towards better health. It says any possible harm from long term use is likelyto be very small and it concludes fears that e-cigarettes are a gateway to smoking areunfounded.’

　　A BBC poll has found that about half of the people in countries across the world seethemselves as global rather than national citizens. This trend is driven by emergingeconomies, such as Nigeria, China and India. While in industrilized countries, a majority seethemselves as citizens of their own country.Russia and Germany score lowest of eighteencountries surveyed in the question of identification as global citizen. They also score lowestwhen asked about approval of marriage between races or ethnic groups.

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